Contemporary Fashion (Top Up)

Course Summary

• Type: BA (Hons)
• Location: Blackburn
• Duration: 1 Year
• Deadline: Ongoing

Course Description

We designed this course for enthusiastic, innovative and ambitious fashion designers. Set within the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, we emphasise creativity, concept generation and your personal development to help you become a unique designer with high creative awareness. We encourage you to identify and develop your own interests and strengths and then support you with your studies.

You’ll build on the experience already gained in the Foundation Degree, but at this higher level will be able to specialise much more in a particular area of fashion design. This final year is your opportunity to practice at a high level in an area that interests you, building on the skills and knowledge that you have acquired throughout your Foundation Degree.

The course is designed to reflect and respond to contemporary practice in the fashion industry. Rather than following a core scheme of work, the course offers a great deal of flexibility. Small course numbers mean that you will be able to choose a particular area of interest, with personal directed support from your tutor. This approach is unique locally. With the support of our highly-qualified team, you’ll be able to identify the direction for your own particular career path; this may be art, craft or industry-related and then explore the area relevant to you. This could mean you choose to study Fashion Design as a whole, or that you wish to specialise in a certain area or certain garments which could include haberdashery, shoes or fashion items you might not initially consider. You may also choose to specialise on fashion items using a particular technique (e.g. embroidery).

Part time study option available on request.